Archive for July 12th, 2008

iPhone 3G makes debut in New York

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Huge crowds of Apple fans Friday lined outside Apple's flagship Store on 5th Avenue in New York as the company rolled out its revamped iPhone 3G. The sequel to the wildly-popular iPhone went on sale at 8 a.m. "I just love th ...

Crude prices top $147 for first time

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Crude prices topped 147 U.S. dollar a barrel Friday on tensions in the Middle East and unrest in Nigeria. Light, sweet crude for August delivery soared 5.6 dollars to 147.25 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Source:X ...

Credit crunch eats into kids’ pocket money in Britain

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

The credit crunch is hitting household budgets and even children's pocket money in Britain as families face rising bills, two recent surveys showed. One in seven of the respondents in a survey said they had cashed in savings to pay ...

Zambia urged to broaden public-private-partnership (PPP) concept

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

World Bank Zambia manager Kapil Kapoor has urged the government to broaden the public-private-partnership (PPP) concept away from the mines to involve other sectors of the economy, according to Saturday Post. Commenting on the slow ...

Two policemen wounded in Jerusalem shooting attack

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Two policemen were wounded in a shooting attack late Friday night at an entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, local daily Ha'aretz reported Saturday on its website, citing Israeli officials. One of the victims was seriously wounded and ...

Australian PM promises help for struggling farmers

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised further assistance to help the struggling drought-affected farmers following a heartfelt plea from Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan. Rudd said on Saturday everything Kernaghan had to ...

Village guard killed in clash with PKK in southeastern Turkey

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

One village guard was killed in a clash with the militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday. During the clash with PKK militants ...

PPP: Pakistan’s Sharif party to rejoin federal cabinet soon

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

A spokesman of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said on Friday that the coalition party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) would rejoin the federal cabinet soon. "PML-N colleagues will rejoin the cabinet as their resignatio ...